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Research in Tsukuba

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Tsukuba. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Meteorological Research Institute.

Research institutions
7
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.7k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.0%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Tsukuba?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Meteorological Research InstituteResearch facility 3,062 #5,598
2Institute of Materials Structure ScienceResearch facility 330 #10,316 all time
3Institute of Particle and Nuclear StudiesResearch facility 266 #19,732 all time
4Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)Research facility 58 not ranked
5LINK - Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials and StructuresResearch facility 13 not ranked
6KEK Accelerator LaboratoryResearch facility 4 not ranked
7KEK Applied Research LaboratoryResearch facility 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Meteorological Research Institute: 82.0%Institute of Materials Structure Science: 8.8%Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies: 7.1%Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA): 1.6%3 others listed: 0.5%82%largest
Meteorological Research Institute3,062 · 82.0%Institute of Materials Structure Science330 · 8.8%Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies266 · 7.1%Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)58 · 1.6%3 others listed18 · 0.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Tsukuba strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tsukuba is most concentrated in Atmospheric Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Global and Planetary Change (58.0× the world share in Atmospheric Science).

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 59.1 works58×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 92.6 works26×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 41.3 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Tsukuba?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Data Assimilation, Hydrological Cycle, Boundary Layer, Probabilistic Forecasting and Convective Parameterization.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change60▲ 9.6×37 topics
  2. Global Warming36▲ 38×9 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation31▲ 103×3 topics
  4. Data Assimilation29▲ 82×3 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle28▲ 127×2 topics
  6. Boundary Layer24▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Probabilistic Forecasting23▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Convective Parameterization23▲ 181×1 topic
  9. Ensemble Kalman Filter23▲ 97×1 topic
  10. Extreme Events22▲ 109×2 topics
  11. Greenhouse Gas Emissions22▲ 35×4 topics
  12. Remote Sensing22▲ 7.7×20 topics
  13. Climate Modeling22▲ 132×1 topic
  14. Precipitation Extremes22▲ 132×1 topic
  15. Sea Level Rise17▲ 58×3 topics
  16. Tropical Cyclones15▲ 116×2 topics
  17. Air Quality14▲ 34×4 topics
  18. Satellite Observations14▲ 63×3 topics
  19. Hurricanes11▲ 145×1 topic
  20. Storm Surge11▲ 145×1 topic
  21. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 20×5 topics
  22. Water Quality8▲ 9.1×4 topics
  23. Geodetic Measurements8▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Shale Gas7▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Emissions7▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Atmospheric7▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Methane7▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Aerosols6▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Climate6▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Ice Nucleation6▲ 69×2 topics
  31. Oceanic Modeling6▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Tidal Analysis6▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Atmospheric Aerosols6▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Black Carbon6▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Hydrology6▲ 20×4 topics
  36. Earthquakes6▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Subduction6▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Precipitation5▲ 51×2 topics
  39. Ozone Depletion5▲ 75×1 topic
  40. Stratospheric Water Vapor5▲ 75×1 topic

What research is done in Tsukuba?

Meteorological Phenomena…23Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 23 fractional worksClimate variability and …22Climate variability and models: 22 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 11 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 7 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 6 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 6 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 5 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 4 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanographyGeophysics

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 23 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 22 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 11 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  6. 6 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 6 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 6 works
  8. 8 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 5 works
  10. 10 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 4 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.